US Military’s Anti-Drug Campaign in Afghanistan Ends in Failure
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) – The Trump Administration’s attempt to curb the Afghanistan opium trade with hundreds of military strikes against “drug labs” has come to a…
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Senate Vote Opposes Ending US Wars in Syria and Afghanistan
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — In a surprising vote Thursday, the Senate voted 68-23 to pass a resolution from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) expressing opposition to…
UN Reports Over 8,000 Afghan Civilians Killed in 2018, Mostly Women and Children
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — Adding to a growing list of UN reports released recently all showing a surge in Afghan civilian casualties in different manners, a Wednesday…
BOMBSHELL Documents Expose The Secret Lie That Started the Afghan War
By corbettreport How did the war in Afghanistan start? And how did NATO become involved in this conflict? These details are never discussed because they…
Airstrike That Killed 14 Civilians in Afghanistan Never Happened, Says US
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — On July 19, an airstrike hit a number of civilians in Afghanistan’s Kunduz Province, killing 14 of them. The Afghan government originally…
Government’s Own Report Shows Tax Dollars Spent in Afghanistan Have Boosted Opium Production
By Rachel Blevins As the longest war in United States history approaches yet another anniversary, the U.S. is being forced to admit that after pouring…
6 Reasons to Get Out of Afghanistan
By Chris Kanthan The U.S. has been in Afghanistan for 16 years now, making it the longest war in our history, and still many Americans support the…
15 Years of War: To Whose Benefit?
By Charles Hugh Smith As for Iraq, the implicit gain was supposed to be access to Iraqi oil. Setting aside the 12 years of “no…
Before US Troops Protected Poppies In Afghanistan, There was No Opioid Epidemic in America
By Rachel Blevins The Afghanistan War is the longest in United States history, and despite initial claims that the goal of the invasion was to…
Afghanistan War Spending, In 2018 Alone, Could End US Homelessness—TWICE
By Rachel Blevins Defense Department officials are claiming that the cost of the United States’ longest war in history will be $45 billion in 2018,…
Poppy Output Hits Record High as US Troop Surge in Afghanistan Completed
By Rachel Blevins The opioid crisis has killed thousands in the United States, and as more than 100 Americans die every day, opium poppy cultivation…
Another Record Breaking Year for Opium Production in U.S. Occupied Afghanistan
By Isaac Davis Now officially a national federal emergency, the opioid crisis is gutting America. The roots of this complex issue lie in supply, not…
Could U.S. Deployment Of Troops To Afghanistan Really Be Strategy to Attack Iran?
By Brandon Turbeville While the U.S. media is busy weeping over the defeat of ISIS in Syria, the slow death of Kurdistan, and the inevitable…
Longest War in US History Turns 16 – Thousands Dead, No End in Sight and It’s Getting Worse
By Rachel Blevins On October 7th 16 years ago, less than one month after 9/11, President George W. Bush delivered a televised address from the…